I saw one of those bodies with a plastic mount, I think it was a P*$#^X
Cheap, cheap, cheap. What was wrong with this body? It was at a friends
repair shop because the customer took the lens off "wrong" and ripped up the
body mount.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Pearce" <bspearce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 5:44 PM
Subject: [OM] on lensmounts
> I was more than a little surprised when some of the major manufacturers
> began offering bodies with plastic lens mounts. I remember the good old
> days, when my Nikon and Olympus cameras had big, solid mounts. I even saw
> some positives in the Canon breechmount. Now, they began to look like
> something made by Mattel.
>
> Then, I read the story. The market research people, in their never ending
> quest to better products the world over, had made a striking discovery:
> since the advent of wide range zooms, the owners of low end models never
> bought any additional lenses, so they had what were, effectively, fixed
lens
> cameras. Their motivation for purchasing interchangable lens SLR's were
> along two lines, either they thought they would get better photos, because
> that's what pros use, or they were looking for some additional snob value,
> but were too cheap or poorly educated to get more upmarket models. In any
> event, why spend a few extra pennies per unit when the lens would never be
> removed?
>
> The sad thing is this: people never got the point of the IS series. Great
> cameras with great lenses. Probably better all in all in like situations.
> Too bad!
>
> Bill Pearce
>
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